Blink
Blink: Enchantment - Saga, Doctor Who. I, III - Choose target creature. Its owner shuffles it into their library, then investigates. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{U}{B}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Enchantment - Saga
- Colour identity
- Blue and black (UB)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Doctor Who (WHO)
- Released
- 2023-10-13
- Collector number
- 116
- Artist
- Colin Boyer
- Commander rank
- 13,759 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Investigate, Vigilance
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About Blink
Blink is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue and black enchantment from Doctor Who (WHO), a Commander product released in October 2023. It is collector number 116 in that set, with art by Colin Boyer. It costs {2}{U}{B} (two generic, one blue and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. Its colour identity is blue and black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Doctor Who is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.29 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after IV.)
I, III - Choose target creature. Its owner shuffles it into their library, then investigates. (They create a Clue token.)
II, IV - Create a 2/2 black Alien Angel artifact creature token with first strike, vigilance, and "Whenever an opponent casts a creature spell, this token isn't a creature until end of turn."
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.29 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Blink by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Blink
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Who (WHO) #721 | Rare | 2023 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Blink, newest first.
- People often assume that Sagas are a strict progression from top to bottom, but actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly, timey-wimey . . . stuff. That is, the rules support chapter abilities that appear to be out of order, like those on Blink. The first ability triggers when the first and third lore counters are added. The last ability triggers when the second and fourth lore counters are placed on it.
- If an opponent casts a creature spell with flash while the token is attacking or blocking, the token is removed from combat because it stops being a creature. However, any creatures that it was blocking are still considered blocked.
- As the triggered ability of the Alien Angel token resolves, it continues to be an artifact but will stop being both an Alien and an Angel until it becomes a creature again.
Similar cards
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In these precons
Blink is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.